TAIPEI -- Quanta Computer, the largest contract
assembler of PCs, plans to begin building notebook PCs
in Vietnam, with production scheduled to start in the
second half of this year. Quanta also operates a PC assembly factory in
Songjiang, China, and has operations in Taiwan and
Shanghai.

Quanta has a 34% share of the outsourced PC market,
according to various published reports.

The firm joins competitors Foxconn and Compal
Electronics among those planning to invest in Vietnam.